Annemiek van Vleuten, time trial world champion, showed off her new white and rainbow-striped skinsuit in a team photo shoot. The Orica-Scott women's team shared a gallery of images with Cyclingnews and included several images on its team Facebook page Thursday.
Van Vleuten was supposed to wear her new time trial world champion kit for the first time in a race at the Tour of Bright in Australia but the three-day event, which was due to start on December 1, was cancelled due to severe weather warnings across Melbourne and Victoria.
The team said on its Facebook page, "We are sad that the Tour of Bright was cancelled this weekend & she won't get to race in it, but we had some fun with a photo shoot with Annemiek van Vleuten anyway. We'll just have to do it again for the 2018 version!!"
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Orica announced it would end its title sponsorship of the women's, under-23 Continental and WorldTour team at the end of 2017, while Scott continued on for another three-year term beginning in 2017. Gerry Ryan, the owner of the Greenedge cycling teams, confirmed he will directly help to fund the women's and under-23 Continental teams for 2018 as they search for a title sponsor.
As such, the team confirmed to Cyclingnews that Van Vleuten's time trial world champion's kit will have minor changes next year, and a new debut is set for January 31 at the new UCI 2.2 Women's Herald Sun Tour in Melbourne on January 30 and 31. It will be held ahead of the men's event, which runs from February 1-5.
Van Vleuten won the time trial title at the UCI Road World Championships in Bergen in September. She has also signed a two-year deal with the team, extending her contract until the end of 2019.
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